Belly Dancing as a Zumba Instructor

I have a dilemma. I'm shy when presenting myself to a group of people. I require mental preparation and I get butterflies in my stomach. During a Zumba workout session with Liz at Goodlife, we all had to go in a circle and go in the middle and do our own thing. Because I'm not shy during the workout I guess she automatically assumed I wouldn't be for this. Wrong.... She looked at me and said "Just Do" and tried to nudge me...I shook my head like a 6 year old child and gave that shy smile. But the thing was I wanted to go in there, but I didn't know what move I was going to do. I eventually drudged up the courage and went in the middle and did a travelling samba step that I just learnt to do a day ago. It was so weird, because while I was out there, I could swear that 30% of my body felt numb with nervousness. Why the heck do I feel like that. But...

When I'm taking part in a Zumba workout class I feel I'm at the top of the world. I always make sure I get a spot at the front close to the mirror so I make sure I'm doing the right moves. As the positive endorphins flow through my veins, I actually smile and laugh during my workout. Not something I normally do as I'm sweating like a pig! I have to work on fixing the nervousness issue before August 12Th 2010. I was actually surprised to see that some instructors sweat like pigs too, like Cassandra, and Claudia. They don't let it phase them though and they just keep like going like energizer Latin bunnies.

Some instructors have a great sense of humor like Jewel, Liz & Cassandra R. Sometimes it's just enough to feed off the energy of the instructors because Liz H's energy is all you can eat! She has tons of it! It's so great when she gets out the hip scarf in the belly dancing part of the workout. Every body loves the music whether they can shimmy or not. They just want to shake it! Every time I listen to an Arabic song, I imagine the moves that I would instruct my class to do and at the same time not make them too complicated. Maybe I can have levels, that way the more advanced participants can enjoy it more. I would love to be able to provide hip scarves for everyone in my class because I found a great wholesale source for that. Hopefully I'll be able to order a bunch soon. I love moves like:

• Travelling Hip shimmy


• Leg kick hip shimmy


• Shoulder shimmies with back dip


• Leaning dip hip shimmy


• Hip Figure 8's


• Camel walk with scarf

When you're doing these moves, breathe out twice per second so you don't get cramps in your side from lack of oxygen. Don't forget to drink lots of water during your zumba cardio workout.

I have lots of Arabic songs on my ipod so I won't have to use the same songs every time and also what's a must is keeping it SEXY!~

The Zumba Soul website contains awesome resources on how to belly dance and how to do other latin moves that you can take with you to your next zumba session. www.zumbaworkoutscanada.com/how_to_bellydance

Missing Zumba Basic Training 2

Maybe it's just me but don't you find it's a hell of a time finding when the next Zumba basic training 2 is being held? Maybe there is a mailing list that I'm missing out in being on or something. When I go to www.zumba.com/us/workshops/overview I don't find any instances of another training session being held for that level.

For any of you who don't know, this level focuses on Belly dancing, samba, flamenco, and tango.

Before I continue writing let me double check now: Search completed ...and I got my hopes up for a sec there because when I clicked to search all locations in Canada, the screen only turned up:

• zumba basics 1 training - teach adults at fast pace
• gold training - teach adults and seniors at slower pace

I like zumba because it was designed for all ages - there's even one for kids called zumbatomic.

If anyone can hear me out there why isn't 2 being hosted by anyone...maybe we need to get the big man himself Beto to host that one. But I think you can't host one until you take the course first and who knows when that'll happen.

Hey I'm not too panicked about it because I know the belly dancing part already. I'm okay at doing samba but I haven't got the flick of the hips incorporated with it yet. Flamenco is pretty easy but tango even though it is slow, I get confused over the footwork.

If anyone has news on this training being held, give me a buzz in the comments section on this post. Thanx! Don't forget to check out my website for some cool stuff to experience at The Zumba Soul http://www.zumbaworkoutscanada.com/

Zumbaworkoutscanada.com

I'm having lots of fun creating a website with yahoo. It's nice to get into a new thing. I've gotten myself into a lot of things but nothing really clicked yet.

• Sheridan to become a systems analyst - 2 out of 3 years completed
• Extra sales training as aimed for inside sales jobs - where no doesn't really mean no;)
• Web, Graphic Design & SEO Experience through self learning
• Fashion Construction & Design at George Brown College
• Oh yeah, Beginner and Intermediate Courses in Belly Dancing ;)
• And now Fitness Class Instructor and A Zumba Soul brought me to this point:)

I've been saying lately that it would be nice to have a career that I'd actually love doing. I like to inspire people and to make lives better. It's surely icing on the cake when it involves dancing because I love to dance. Maybe this is the silver bullet venue I needed. If you have any suggestions about the website let me know. http://www.zumbaworkoutscanada.com/

What is a Zumba Soul?

The Zumba Soul

It is a soul that laughs, smiles after being invigorated by taking a zumba workout class near you. Allow a zumba workout release good endorphins into your body as you continue your day. Zumba is not about working out. It's about having fun around great music and as an added perk, you lose weight the more often you do it. To do zumba you don't need to come with a positive attitude because that attitude comes right to you during your sessions so that you leave an invigorated soul.

My name is Farida, and I am in the process of becoming a Certified Zumba Workout Class Instructor - And I look forward to sharing my dance talents with you all. My thanks go to everyone who encouraged me to take this step. My specialties are Belly dancing, Batchata to work the abs, Salsa!, Reggaeton, Reggae, Merengue, Mambo and of course to get you to learn a sexier Cha Cha Cha.

Check out my website at: http://www.zumbaworkoutscanada.com/